jdotmi: (Letalli in WoW)
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If you go to the [livejournal.com profile] worldofwarcraft community you can see tons of posts, but I found to be the most direct and clear demonstration of the bad idea that is RealID

Yes, I'm going to go on about this for a while I think.
Date: 2010-07-08 03:04 pm (UTC)

From: [identity profile] jdotmi.livejournal.com
He had a WoW character name and the person's full name. That makes it pretty freakin' easy to find someone.

I'm lucky. I have a pretty common last name and my actual first name is not something I use on, well, anything. However, it is on anything that is financial in nature, including my WoW account (gotta love credit cards).

He took the challenge someone posted on the forums. The same thing happened to a CM on the forums who posted their first and last name. You can stick your head in the sand and say "couldn't happen!" all you want, but I guarantee you it can and will happen.

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